Book review: Nylon Girls - Christine Kessler

Goliath Books is a publisher of art and photography books. Founded in 1997, and specializing in publishing daring photography and art books.

Christine Kessler is an LA-based photographer specializing in erotic/fetish images. Her work has been published magazines such as Penthouse, Skin Two, Secret, and other publications.

Goliath's "Nylon Girls" is a small hardcover book that collects images of nylon-glad girls photographed by Christine Kessler. The book is 112 pages and the dimensions are 5.8 x 7.8 inches.

After an introduction by legendary fetish photographer Eric Kroll, we are presented with Kessler's work with some of the top fetish models such as Mosh, Darenzia, Emily Marilyn, Stoya, Jade Vixen, Angela Ryan, Ulorin Vex, and others.

Model: Mischa.

The models in the book wear various stockings, pantyhose, socks, and fishnets. There are some close up shots of derrières, nylon feet, and shoes. Multiple sets feature two girls erotically posing together. There is topless nudity throughout the book and the models pull down their panties for a lot of the shots. The locations are apartments, bedoroms, elegant studies, kitchens, with some outdoor shots and what appears to be a warehouse in one photo set. When posing on furniture the models pose on chairs, beds, sofas.

The layout of the spreads is 2-4 pages with 1-2 models, but the same model(s) will appear in a different sections of the book.

Model: Ancilla Tilia

It has been said that Kessler has great rapport with models and she is able to get her models to feel comfortable doing provocative shots. Most of of her models look directly at the camera so there is more of an intimacy to the photos and less of a voyeuristic feeling.

My favorite images would have to be on pages 56-59 and 106-107, featuring models Darenzia & Angela Ryan, and Erica Cambell in the latter set.

Fans of stockings, and pantyhose will enjoy this book. The book is not as large as some of Goliath's other books, but will still make a great addition to your bookshelf or coffee table of naughty books. ~ Danny Stygion